Iconic Heroes

Alchemist Class Deck

Mother Myrtle's Preservationist role has a power that lets her display certain allies and draw displayed allies. Can she only draw allies that were displayed using that power, or can she draw an ally that was displayed for another reason?

She can only draw an ally that was displayed using that power.

Resolution: On the Preservationist side of Mother Myrtle's role card, change "you may recharge a card to draw a displayed ally (□ or to give the ally to another character at your location)" to "you may recharge a card to draw one of those allies (□ or to give one of them to another character at your location)".

Major Cure tells me how I can recharge it instead of discarding it, but it doesn't actually tell me to discard it. Should it?

If I use Embalming Fluid's second power, when do I attempt the Craft or Disable 7 check?

After the combat check. (To do anything else would surely cause a hole in the fabric of reality. Let's do our best to keep the fabric of reality hole-free.)

Resolution: On the item Embalming Fluid, change "Succeed at a Craft or Disable 7 check or bury the top card of your deck" to "After the check, succeed at a Craft or Disable 7 check or bury the top card of your deck".

Shouldn't Stained Glass Elemental have the Outsider trait?

Stained Glass Elemental tells me to discard it when I "defeat a bane by 3 or more on the check." What if I succeed at the check by 3 or more, but I don't defeat the bane at that time? (Let's say this was just the first of two checks to defeat, or it's a Ghost and I'm not using Magic.)

We care about you exceeding the difficulty of the check, whether or not you defeat the bane.

Resolution: On the ally Stained Glass Elemental, change "If you defeat a bane by 3 or more on the check, discard this card and the top card of the blessings deck" to "If the check is against a bane, and your result exceeds the difficulty by 3 or more, after the encounter, discard this card and the top card of the blessings deck".

Baby Triceratops lets you explore, but forces everyone at your location to bury a card. Do you bury before or after you explore?

The ally Smith has the Blacksmith trait, which doesn't do anything, but in Wrath of the Righteous, the ally Redeemer Smith has the Hireling trait, which some cards actually care about. Should Smith have the Hireling trait instead?

Yes.

Resolution: On the ally Smith, replace the Blacksmith trait with the Hireling trait.

If a character at Siwar the Courtier's location fails to acquire an ally, can Siwar put it in her discard pile?

No. That's only when the ally is buried or banished for its power.

Resolution: On the Courtier side of Siwar's role card, change "When another character at your location would banish or bury an ally, he may put it in your discard pile instead" to When another character at your location would banish or bury an ally for its power, he may put it in your discard pile instead".

When Siwar the Courtier recharges allies to add to her check to defeat a bane with multiple checks to defeat, does she get to add 1d6 per ally to all of those checks?

Siwar the Manipulator has a power that lets her use her Diplomacy skill for certain checks. The wording is a bit awkward, isn't it?

A bit.

Resolution: On the Manipulator side of Siwar's role card, replace the second power with the following: "When you attempt a check to defeat a barrier that has the Skirmish or the Task trait, you may use your Diplomacy skill in place of the listed skill. (▢ Characters gain this power while at your location.)"

Except for Keen Rapier +3, rapiers and other keen weapons all have penalties when used by characters who aren’t proficient with weapons. Should Keen Rapier +3 have that penalty?

If I play Glibness from the Bard deck, but I don't have the Arcane or Divine skill, do I have to banish it?

Yes, yes, you do.

Resolution: The spell Glibness needs the italicized text in the following quoted section: "At the end of the turn, if you do not have either the Arcane or Divine skill, banish this card; otherwise, you may attempt an Arcane or Divine 8 check. If you succeed, recharge this card; if you fail, discard it.

Major Cure tells me how I can recharge it instead of discarding it, but it doesn't actually tell me to discard it. Should it?

It appears that I can't play Rage during a check because it doesn't directly affect the check. That is, it requires the person to do something—bury a card—to affect the check.

We want you to be able to play it during a check.

Resolution: On the spell Rage, change "Display this card and choose a character at your location" to "Display this card next to the deck of a character at your location; you may play this card during her check".

Can I use the Fortune-Teller twice in the same turn?

If I evade the Burglar, do I have to discard a weapon or item? What if I choose not to acquire it?

If you evade the Burglar, you don't have to discard, because the Skull & Shackles rulebook clarified that if you evade a card, you do not activate any other powers on it. If you choose not to acquire the Burglar, you do have to discard.

Resolution: On the ally Burglar, change "If you fail the check to acquire this card" to "If you fail to acquire this card". (The Skull & Shackles rulebook introduced the rule "If you choose not to acquire a boon, it counts as failing to acquire it.")

Cleric Class Deck

Does Kyra have to add the Magic trait (▢ and/or Fire trait) to her check when using a sword?

No.

Resolution: On Kyra's character card and both sides of her role card, change "If your combat check has the Sword trait, add 2 (▢ 4) and the Magic (▢ and Fire) trait to it" to "If your combat check has the Sword trait, add 2 (▢ 4) and you may add the Magic trait (▢ and/or Fire trait)".

Can I really attempt a straight Wisdom check to play Vengeful Storm?

Can I play another armor if I play Deathbane Shield to add the Magic trait to my check?

Yes, if you're proficient with light armors.

Resolution: Change the second and third powers on the armor Deathbane Shield to "Reveal this card to add the Magic trait to your combat check, or to reduce Combat damage dealt to you by 2. If you are proficient with light armors, you may play another armor on this check."

The Deathbane Shield has the Magic trait. Shouldn’t it let you recharge it when you reset your hand?

The ally Smith has the Blacksmith trait, which doesn't do anything, but in Wrath of the Righteous, the ally Redeemer Smith has the Hireling trait, which some cards actually care about. Should Smith have the Hireling trait instead?

Yes.

Resolution: On the ally Smith, replace the Blacksmith trait with the Hireling trait.

Baby Triceratops lets you explore, but forces everyone at your location to bury a card. Do you bury before or after you explore?

Fighter Class Deck

Can the Adamantine Trident +3 ignore difficulty-increasing powers for any monster encountered by anyone? And do I ignore the whole power, or just the part that increases the difficulty?

This power is intended to be part of the power above it, affecting only the monsters you are currently attempting a combat check against. And you may only ignore the part of the power that increases the difficulty.

Resolution: On the weapon Adamantine Trident +3, change "If a monster has a power that increases the difficulty of any combat check, ignore that power" to "If a monster has an effect that increases the difficulty of this check, ignore that effect", and move that sentence to the end of the first power.

Can I try to recharge Call Weapon after burying it?

Masterwork has things that happen when a character "attempts a combat check using a weapon." Does that apply to playing any weapon on a combat check, or just when the weapon is played to determine which skill a character is using on that check?

It applies to playing any weapon on the combat check.

Resolution: On the spell Masterwork, replace the first two sentences with the following: "When a character at your location plays a weapon on a combat check, display this card next to that location. While displayed, when any character at this location plays a weapon on a combat check, if any die rolled on the check is a 1, count it as 2."

If I don't have the Arcane or Divine skill, can I really just discard the spell Masterwork when I play it? I'm used to banishing spells like that.

You need to banish it.

Resolution: On the spell Masterwork, add the italicized portion to the following text: "At the start of your turn, if you do not have either the Arcane or Divine skill, banish this card; otherwise, you may attempt an Arcane or Divine 12 check. If you succeed, recharge this card; if you fail, discard it."

Baby Triceratops lets you explore, but forces everyone at your location to bury a card. Do you bury before or after you explore?

Gunslinger Class Deck

Can displayed Ammunitions be played during an encounter?

Yes. You can't display them during an encounter, but if they're already displayed, you can use them.

Resolution: On the items Adamantine Bullets, Alchemical Cartridges, Blessed Bullet, Dragonbreath Shot, Entangling Shot, Flare Shot, Poisoned Bullets, and Shock Bullets, change "Display this card; you may not play this card during an encounter" to "Display this card; you may not do so during an encounter".

Should Thorn Bow have the 2-Handed trait?

Pteranodon says I can explore during my exploration. What's that about?

It's got all the right words, but the order they're in is a bit off.

Resolution: On the ally Pteranodon, replace the powers text with the following: "On your turn, discard this card to move; you may then explore your location. During this exploration, add 1d6 to your combat checks."

Monk Class Deck

Adamantine Sai +2 says I can ignore a monster's effects that increase the difficulty of a combat check. Does that include, for example, the difficulty increase from a monster with the Veteran trait, even though that power doesn't specifically say it affects combat checks?

Yes. We want you to ignore any effects from monsters that would make your combat check more difficult.

Resolution: On the weapon Adamantine Sai +2, replace "If a monster has an effect that increases the difficulty of a combat check, ignore that effect" with "If a monster has an effect that increases the difficulty of that check, ignore that effect".

Oracle Class Deck

When you play Life Drain, when exactly should you shuffle the card from your discard pile into your deck?

After you have discarded, recharged, or banished Life Drain.

Resolution: On the spell Life Drain, the first paragraph should be just “For your combat check, discard this card to use your Arcane or Divine skill + 2d4.” The second paragraph should end with “Then shuffle a random card from your discard pile into your deck.”

Major Cure tells me how I can recharge it instead of discarding it, but it doesn't actually tell me to discard it. Should it?

Sirocco lets you examine cards during an encounter. What happens if the card I examine makes me encounter it?

Let's not let that happen.

Resolution: On the spell Sirocco, change "Each other character at your location is dealt 1 Fire damage, and you may examine the top 2 cards of your location deck" to "After the encounter, each other character at your location is dealt 1 Fire damage, and you may examine the top 2 cards of your location deck".

Occult Adventures Character Deck 1

Spiritual Counselor Estra's first power tells you you may shuffle "the discarded card" into your deck. Nothing in that power discards a card, so what does that mean?

It should just be "a card."

Resolution: On the Spiritual Counselor side of Estra's role card, change "you may instead shuffle the discarded card into your deck to ignore the power" to "you may instead shuffle a card into your deck to ignore the power".

Should Venomous Hand Crossbow +1 have the Magic trait?

Straitjacket has the same powers as Shroud Cloak. Is that right?

That is really not right.

Resolution: On the armor Straitjacket, replace the powers with the following: "When you are dealt Combat damage by a monster on a check, if you did not play a weapon or a spell, discard this card to reduce that damage to 0."

Occult Adventures Character Deck 2

Straitjacket has the same powers as Shroud Cloak. Is that right?

That is really not right.

Resolution: On the armor Straitjacket, replace the powers with the following: "When you are dealt Combat damage by a monster on a check, if you did not play a weapon or a spell, discard this card to reduce that damage to 0."

Paladin Class Deck

Mace of Smiting says I can ignore a monster's effects that increase the difficulty of a combat check. Does that include, for example, the difficulty increase from a monster with the Veteran trait, even though that power doesn't specifically say it affects combat checks?

Yes. We want you to ignore any effects from monsters that would make your combat check more difficult.

Resolution: On the weapon Mace of Smiting, replace "If a monster has an effect that increases the difficulty of a combat check, ignore that effect" with "If a monster has an effect that increases the difficulty of that check, ignore that effect".

Can I use Riding Horse or Griffon to move when there's nobody else at my location? If there are other characters at my location, do I have to move 1 of them?

You do not have to move another character when you move.

Resolution: On the ally Riding Horse, change the first power to "At the end of your turn, discard this card to move; you may also move another character at your location to your new location." On the ally Griffon, change the first power to "At the start or end of your turn, discard this card to move; you may also move another character at your location to your new location."

When does the last part of Blessing of the Inheritor trigger?

When you play it.

Resolution: On the blessing Blessing of the Inheritor, change "If the top card of the blessings discard pile has the Iomedae trait" to "When you play this card, if the top card of the blessings discard pile has the Iomedae trait".

Pathfinder Tales Character Deck

Varian says "When you reset your hand, you may banish a card to draw a spell from your discard pile, then shuffle any number of spells from your discard pile into your deck." Can you shuffle the spells even if you don't banish a card?

No. If the intent had been to make shuffling independent of banishing, it would look like this:
"When you reset your hand, you may banish a card to draw a spell from your discard pile. Then shuffle any number of spells from your discard pile into your deck." But while this power isn't actually misworded, it would be clearer and more consistent with other cards if we remove the second comma.

Resolution: On the character Varian and both sides of his role card, delete the comma in the middle of "you may banish a card to draw a spell from your discard pile then shuffle any number of spells from your discard pile into your deck."

Should Arabundi's Mage Hunter role have only 11 power feats?

Nope. He should have 12 like everyone else.

Resolution: On the Mage Hunter side of Arabundi's role card, change the last power from "▢ When you play Blessing of the Gods on your non-combat check, you may recharge a random spell from your discard pile" to "▢ When you play a Basic blessing (▢ or any blessing) on your non-combat check, you may recharge a random spell from your discard pile".

Note: This resolution has been updated to incorporate the change from this resolution.

If Arabundi the Nature Adept has his fifth and sixth powers fully checked, can he make an infinite loop of recharging a spell, putting it on top of his deck, drawing it, and repeating?

Not anymore.

Resolution: On the Nature Adept side of Arabundi's role card, change "When you would recharge a spell, you may shuffle it into your deck (▢ or put it on top of your deck) instead" to "When you would recharge a spell, you may display it instead. Before you reset your hand, shuffle it into your deck (▢ or put it on top of your deck)".

The Entropy Shield has the Magic trait. Shouldn’t it let you recharge it when you reset your hand?

Rogue Class Deck

If Lesath banishes a displayed monster at the end of his turn, does he then have to display it again?

No, because then they would never get banished. That's no good.

Resolution: On Lesath's character card and the Sword Dancer side of his role card, change "When you would banish a monster, display it. You may recharge a card to add 1d6 (▢+1) to your combat check for each displayed monster." to "When you defeat a monster and would banish it, you may display it instead. Before you attempt a combat check, you may recharge a card to add a number of d6 (▢+1) equal to your number of displayed monsters. At the end of your turn, banish your displayed monsters."

On the Dervish side of his role card, change the power to "When you defeat a monster and would banish it, you may display it instead. Before you attempt a combat check, you may recharge a card to add a number of d6 (▢+1) (▢+2) (▢+3) equal to your number of displayed monsters. At the end of your turn, banish your displayed monsters."

Merisiel the Forger has a power that affects weapons she discards. Is that restricted to weapons that she plays?

It should be restricted to cards you play.

Resolution: On the Forger side of Merisiel's role card, make the changes in italics to the following power: "When you play a weapon and would discard (□ or bury) (□ or banish) it, you may perform the action with a blessing (□ or any card) instead."

When encountering a monster that has multiple checks to defeat, can Olenjack explore in between those checks?

No.

Resolution: On Olenjack's character card and both sides of his role card, change "On your turn, when you succeed at a combat check that has the Poison trait, you may immediately explore again" to "On your turn, when you succeed at a combat check that has the Poison trait, after defeating the bane you may immediately explore again".

Do I gain the power to add 2 to my checks to defeat barriers as soon as I select Wu Shen's Prey Stalker role?

No, that power should have a checkbox at the front. But then she'll have too many feats, so we need to remove the last checkbox in that power.

Resolution: On the Prey Stalker side of Wu Shen's role card, change "Add 2 (▢ 4) to your check to defeat a barrier (▢ or close a location)" to "▢ Add 2 (▢ 4) to your check to defeat a barrier or close a location".

Wyvern Poison says "Reveal this card to add 2d8 and the Poison trait to your combat check using a weapon." Does that work when you play any weapon on your combat check, or only when you're playing the weapon to determine the skill you're using?

It works when you play any weapon on your combat check.

Resolution: On the item Wyvern Poison, change "Reveal this card to add 2d8 and the Poison trait to your combat check using a weapon" to "When playing a weapon on your combat check, reveal this card to add 2d8 and the Poison trait".

If I evade the Burglar, do I have to discard a weapon or item? What if I choose not to acquire it?

If you evade the Burglar, you don't have to discard, because the Skull & Shackles rulebook clarified that if you evade a card, you do not activate any other powers on it. If you choose not to acquire the Burglar, you do have to discard.

Resolution: On the ally Burglar, change "If you fail the check to acquire this card" to "If you fail to acquire this card". (The Skull & Shackles rulebook introduced the rule "If you choose not to acquire a boon, it counts as failing to acquire it.")

If I check the box that lets Seoni the Tattooed Mystic draw 2 cards after being dealt damage, can I still draw only 1?

Yes.

Resolution: On the Tattooed Mystic side of Seoni's role card, change "After you are dealt Acid, Cold, Electricity, or Fire damage, you may draw 1 card (▢ 2 cards)" to "After you are dealt Acid, Cold, Electricity, or Fire damage, you may draw 1 card (▢ or 2 cards)".

Once Qualzar takes the feat that lets him top-deck a monster he's evading, does he no longer have the option to shuffle it into the location deck?

No—he can either top-deck it or shuffle it.

Resolution: On the character Qualzar and both sides of his role card, in the power that begins "When you encounter a monster, you may evade it", change the parenthetical to "(□ and you may put it on top of its location deck)".

Summoner Class Deck

Should Blazing Servant have the Veteran trait?

In Rise of the Runelords, the spell Haste can be recharged, but not the one in the Summoner deck. What's the deal?

That's a mistake.

Resolution: On the spell Haste, the last paragraph should say "After playing this card, if you do not have the Arcane skill, banish it; otherwise, you may succeed at an Arcane 10 check to recharge this card instead of discarding it."

Shouldn't you have to discard the Evocation Staff to get the power bump?

Yes.

Resolution: On the item Evocation Staff, change "You may additionally add 2d10 and the Cold, Electricity, Fire, or Force trait" to "You may additionally discard this card to add another 2d10 and the Cold, Electricity, Fire, or Force trait".

Ultimate Magic Add-On Deck

Pyrotechnic Blast doesn't have the Attack trait. Should it?

Warpriest Class Deck

Oloch's first power says it can be used "when another character at your location would fail to defeat a monster," which is after damage has been dealt. Is that really what was intended?

No. This power should help that character avoid that damage.

Resolution: On Oloch's character card, in the first power, change "When another character at your location would fail to defeat a monster" to "When another character at your location fails a check to defeat a monster".

Witch Class Deck

Feiya has a power that lets her shuffle monsters she fails to defeat. Her Beast-Bonder role has a feat that extends the power to allies that she fails to acquire, but only says what to do with the monster. What does she do with the ally?

Same thing as she does with the monster.

Resolution: On the Beast-Bonder side of Feiya's role card, change "shuffle the monster" to "shuffle the card".

When you play Life Drain, when exactly should you shuffle the card from your discard pile into your deck?

After you have discarded, recharged, or banished Life Drain.

Resolution: On the spell Life Drain, the first paragraph should be just “For your combat check, discard this card to use your Arcane or Divine skill + 2d4.” The second paragraph should end with “Then shuffle a random card from your discard pile into your deck.”

Shouldn't the spell Verdure's Wrath have the Magic trait?

In other products, the spell Web can be recharged, but not the one in the Witch deck. What's the deal?

That's a mistake.

Resolution: On the spell Web, the last paragraph should say "After playing this card, if you do not have the Arcane skill, banish it; otherwise, you may succeed at an Arcane 8 check to recharge this card instead of discarding it."

Shouldn't you have to discard the Evocation Staff to get the power bump?

Yes.

Resolution: On the item Evocation Staff, change "You may additionally add 2d10 and the Cold, Electricity, Fire, or Force trait" to "You may additionally discard this card to add another 2d10 and the Cold, Electricity, Fire, or Force trait".

Wizard Class Deck

It seems like it might be possible to abuse Radillo's power to examine her deck after playing an Arcane spell, such as creating an endless loop of Detect Magics.

That doesn't sound fun.

Resolution: On Radillo's character card and both sides of her role card, change "After you play a spell that has the Arcane trait" to "When you play a spell that has the Arcane trait during an encounter".

When you resolve an encounter with a summoned card, it's always supposed to go back in the box. But Radillo's Arcane Collector role has a power that seems like it's supposed to let you keep a summoned card in your hand. Does it?

You can keep the card if you succeed at the check to acquire it.

Resolution: On the Arcane Collector side of Radillo's role card, replace "When you encounter a boon, you may bury a card to banish it and instead summon and
encounter a random boon of the same type ... from the box" with "When you encounter a boon, you may bury a card to exchange it with a random boon of the same type ... from the box".

If I run into a monster with two checks to defeat, and Radillo the Puppet Master is at my location, does her power allow me to reduce the difficulty of both checks by recharging a single ally?

No. Recharging one ally reduces the difficulty of one check.

Resolution: On the Puppet Master side of Radillo's role card, change "When any character at your location encounters a monster, you may recharge an ally to reduce the difficulty of the check to defeat the monster" to "When any character at your location attempts a check to defeat a monster, you may recharge an ally to reduce the difficulty of that check".

The Snake card in the Wizard Class Deck says it adds to "your non-combat Stealth check," but the Snake in the Rise of the Runelords Character Add-On Deck says it adds to "your Stealth check." Which is correct?

Why would I discard the Sling instead of revealing it?

Masterwork has things that happen when a character "attempts a combat check using a weapon." Does that apply to playing any weapon on a combat check, or just when the weapon is played to determine which skill a character is using on that check?

It applies to playing any weapon on the combat check.

Resolution: On the spell Masterwork, replace the first two sentences with the following: "When a character at your location plays a weapon on a combat check, display this card next to that location. While displayed, when any character at this location plays a weapon on a combat check, if any die rolled on the check is a 1, count it as 2."

If I don't have the Arcane or Divine skill, can I really just discard the spell Masterwork when I play it? I'm used to banishing spells like that.

You need to banish it.

Resolution: On the spell Masterwork, add the italicized portion to the following text: "At the start of your turn, if you do not have either the Arcane or Divine skill, banish this card; otherwise, you may attempt an Arcane or Divine 12 check. If you succeed, recharge this card; if you fail, discard it."

Should Paralyze have the Attack trait?

If I make a combat check using Sphere of Fire, can I play another spell? If I don't have the Arcane or Divine skill, can I discard Sphere of Fire for its additional damage and thus avoid having to banish the card?

No and no. Using the power of Sphere of Fire counts as a spell. And if you discard the spell, it triggers the last part of the power.

Resolution: On the spell Sphere of Fire, replace "At the end of your turn, if you do not have either the Arcane or Divine skill..." with "This counts as playing a spell. At the end of your turn, or when you would discard this card when playing it, if you do not have either the Arcane or Divine skill..."